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  • Preservative in a salve

    Posted by Bios on October 8, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    Can someone take a look at this list of ingredients and recommend an all natural preservative to use in the formula?  

    shea
    butter
    cocoa butter
    beeswax
    coconut
    oil
    hemp oil
    lemon EO
    orange EO
    lemongrass EO
    lavender EO
    vitamin E
    arrowroot
    hemp Isolate
    Hemp Extract 10%
    MarkBroussard replied 6 years, 1 month ago 7 Members · 15 Replies
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  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    October 8, 2018 at 10:43 pm

    Glyceryl Caprylate (and) Glyceryl Undecylenate (Lexgard Natural - Inolex)

  • ngarayeva001

    Member
    October 8, 2018 at 11:14 pm

    Do you have any water in your formula? If not will it be in any contact with water?

  • Rrivet

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 1:48 pm

    I make some similar products, and haven’t been putting any preservatives in it, with no problems. Maybe that’s wrong, but my products should not have any contact with water.

  • weikelahmeyer

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 2:09 pm

    can you make sure that the Hemp Extract is oil base not water base?

  • Bios

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    Do you have any water in your formula? If not will it be in any contact with water?

    No water in the formula or are we planning on adding water.

  • Bios

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    can you make sure that the Hemp Extract is oil base not water base?

    Yes.  The hemp extract is oil based.

  • Bios

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 7:27 pm

    I have read that the citrus essential oils would work as a preservative.  Is there any truth to this claim?  

  • OldPerry

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 7:31 pm

    @Bios - it wouldn’t be effective for most formulations. Depending on the type there are also safety concerns when applied to skin.   

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    October 9, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    @Bios

    Linatural CO-NLP-1

    Certified organic orange / lemon grass / sunflower oils / natural alcohol

    I’ve used this in conjunction with Lexgard Natural in a clay-based product and it passed PCT.

    Since you have an anhydrous formula, you should not have any issues.

    Agree with Perry … an EO-based preservative would most likely not be effective in most formulas if used solo.

     

  • chemicalmatt

    Member
    October 11, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    Mark, isn’t d-Limonene the factor in that NLP-1 concoction? 

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    October 11, 2018 at 5:43 pm

    I suspect so … that and the alcohol.  I’ve never looked at a compositional analysis of it, but you are probably correct.

  • Bios

    Member
    October 11, 2018 at 9:27 pm

    Any opinions on Japanese Honeysuckle Extract as a possible preservative?  

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    October 12, 2018 at 2:36 pm

    I’ve use it with both success and failure … so you will be best off coupling it with hurdle technology and possibly a complimentary preservative

  • OldPerry

    Member
    October 12, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    @Bios - it works great when it is spiked with parabens and formaldehyde donors.  https://personalcaretruth.com/2010/07/honeysuckle-plant-extract/

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    October 12, 2018 at 10:08 pm

    The “active” in the Honeysuckle is actually a paraben precursor.  Though not technically a paraben, the molecular structure is very close to parabens.

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